Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 86 · 40 questions

How to say it (One beat for each vowel sound): Say the word slowly and clap once for each beat: el – e – phant = 3. Count vowel SOUNDS, not vowel letters: “school” has one sound (oo) = 1 beat. Do not add beats: film = 1, school = 1, asked = 1.

1. 1.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) conversation (b) water (c) tomato
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) tomato (b) film (c) hippopotamus
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) geography (b) world (c) examination
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
16. 16.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) telephone (b) hippopotamus (c) conversation
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) happy (c) wonderful
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) beautiful (b) bright (c) personality
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) film (b) window (c) telephone
26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) girl (b) calculator (c) possibility
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) animal (b) yellow (c) photography
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) garden (b) umbrella (c) world
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) possibility (b) paper (c) girl

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